If you read my post carefully you will see that I already did that and that part worked. I will do a step-by-step to reproduse my problem.
1. from today screen tap on tasks
2. now tap Menu->New task
3. type a name for your task and enter a start date and due date.
4. now that you know how to enter a task enter these tasks "replace day1 with todays date, day2 with tommarrows date....."
task1, start date "day1", due date "day5"
task2, start date "day1", due date "day1"
task3, "same as task2"
task4, "same as task2"
task5, "same as task2"
task6, start date "day2", due date "day2"
task7, "same as task6"
task8, "same as task6"
task9, "same as task6"
task10, "same as task6"
task11, start date "day3", due date "day3"
task12, "same as task11"
task13, "same as task11"
task14, "same as task11"
task15, "same as task11"
task16, start date "day4", due date "day4"
task17, "same as task16"
task18, "same as task16"
task19, "same as task16"
task20, "same as task16"
task21, start date "day5", due date "day5"
task22, "same as task21"
Now tap menu->Filter->Active tasks. Why? Because you want to see the tasks that you should be working on but not the ones that have not started yet. As far back as I can remember outlook and my phone would show tasks1-5, but now it still shows tasks1-22.
Go to the "Today screen". Notice how it says "5 Active tasks"? Tap on tasks. Notice how even though it knows there are 5 active tasks and you have the filter set to show you only active task all 22 tasks show up.
Now tap Menu->Sort By->Due Date. Why? Because in reality my task list is not as nice and neat as the one above. I might have 30+ tasks that are due in a week+ but are large enough that I need to be working on them whenever I have time. At the same time I might have as many as 50 tasks that start and are due at varying times during the week. If i sort using any other filter tasks that are due today might show up after the 30+ that are due next week. I don't know about you but I am not going to scroll through 80 tasks looking at due dates to figure out what I need to do. Now if you look task1 will show up near the end of the list after all of the tasks that you don't even need to start yet. When in reality it should be 5th in a list of 5 tasks, not 20th in a list of 22.
What I am asking for was in Outlook 2003, Outlook2007, WM5, and WM6, but now they are gone. As for my phone I realize that they may not let you install updates on it. However they plan on releasing a new firmware some time in the next 4 months so if you guys fix what you broke and send them the new SDK before they release the final firmware I wont have to install software to restore previous functionality.
One last thing, Overdue tasks do show up in the list. I was just too sleepy and pissed to notice last night.
Edit:
I just realized that I had said:
"So anyway it looks like someone messed with the code for the active task filter so now the logic is along the lines of:
if due date is < todays date
then do not list
when it should be setup more like this:
if start date is > todays date
then do not list"
when in reality the only thing that the active task filter removes are completed tasks so.....
if start date is > todays date
then do not list
Is not working correctly or incorrectly.
Since this is also broken in Outlook 2007 i'm guessing that "Office 2007 SP1" is what caused all the troubles. That is assuming that the WM6 SDK Includes some code from Outlook 2007. If this is the case please fix Outlook 2007, re-build the WM6 SDK, and get it sent to sprint before they finish the next firmware.
